UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces UNCLASSIFIED Dr. Brad Guay/Ms. Laura Younger STTR Program Office Phone: Army Research Laboratory (ARL)/Army Research Office (ARO) June 2015

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces Agenda  STTR Difference  Topics 101  ARL/ARO  Q&A  STTR Difference  Topics 101  ARL/ARO  Q&A

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces UNCLASSIFIED STTR Difference

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces STTR Purpose The statutory purpose of the STTR Program... Stimulate a partnership between innovative Small Business Concerns (SBCs) and Research Institutions through Federally- funded research and development Requires each federal agency with an extramural for R&D over >$1B to set-aside 0.40% for Army STTR FY15 = $21M The statutory purpose of the STTR Program... Stimulate a partnership between innovative Small Business Concerns (SBCs) and Research Institutions through Federally- funded research and development Requires each federal agency with an extramural for R&D over >$1B to set-aside 0.40% for Army STTR FY15 = $21M

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces Federal and DoD STTR Programs Dept. of Defense National Science Foundation Dept. of Health and Human Services Dept. of Energy National Aeronautics and Space Administration Navy ($35M ) Missile Defense Agency ($9M) Army ($23M) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($10M) Air Force ($38M) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering, $6M) Defense Health Program ($7M) Federal SBIR + STTR Programs DoD STTR Programs Joint Science & Technology Office CBD ($1.8M)

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces STTR Eligibility Criteria Applicant is U.S.-owned Small Business Concern Formal Cooperative R&D Effort Minimum 40% by small business Minimum 30% by U.S. research institution Intellectual Property Agreement Allocation of rights in IP and rights to carry out follow-on R&D and commercialization U.S. Research Institution College or university; other non-profit research organization; Federal R&D center Award is always made to Small Business Concern (SBC)

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces SBIR/STTR Critical Differences SBIR: Permits partnering 33% Phase I and 50% Phase II STTR: Requires partnering with research institution. SBIR: Primary (>50%) employment must be with small business concern STTR: may be employed by either research institution (RI) or SBC, but... Primary employment, > 50% of PI time, must be with the SBC or RI at time of award and during project (STTR Policy Directive, 2012) SBC must have at least one employee... in management position... primary employment is with SBC and... not also employed by the RI (DoD Solicitation) Research Partner Principal Investigator (PI)

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces Engaged: PI/co-PI, cf., subcontractor Exports: ITAR and Citizenship expertise Employees: Test drive best and brightest Exposure: New “discoveries” Enduring: Long-term successful partnerships RI Partnership Benefits

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces Army STTR Program 9 ”Typical Year ”  $23M (FY14)  1 Solicitation per year  18 Topics  Phase I: 38, max $150K, 6 months  Phase II: 39, max $1M, 2 years  73 Businesses  58 University/RI  NO CRP, Phase II Enhancement, 2 nd Phase II  Technical Assistance Advocates (TAAs)

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces TAA Sites Army Technical Assistance Advocates (TAAs) Primary Sites Alternate Sites Aberdeen Proving Ground Redstone Arsenal Adelphi Laboratory Center Fort Detrick, MD TAA #8 ARL, ARO,STTC, PEO STRI TAA #6 MRMC, DHP TAA #5 ECBC, ERDC, PEO CBD TAA #4 CERDEC, ATEC, PEO C3T PEO EIS PEO IEW&S TAA #3 TARDEC, PEO CS&CSS, PEO GCS TAA #3 TARDEC, PEO CS&CSS, PEO GCS TAA #1 NSEDEC, PEO Soldier TAA #2 ARDEC, PEO AMMO  Technology Transition Specialists  Strategically located at Labs/Centers/PEOs   Technology Transition Specialists  Strategically located at Labs/Centers/PEOs  Warren, MI Natick, MA Picatinny Arsenal, NJ Edgewood, MD Hanover, NH TAA #9 AMRDEC (A) PEO AVIATION TAA #10 AMRDEC (M) PEO Missile SMDC

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces UNCLASSIFIED Topics 101

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces S&T Performing Organizations: Who Writes Army Topics? ARL provides underpinning Science, Technology, and Analysis to the Army RDECOM ECBC NSRDEC CERDEC TARDEC STTC ARDEC AMRDEC AMSAA SOCOM DARPA Materiel AMC Personnel G-1 Medical MEDCOM Infrastructure/ Environmental USACE Space & Missile Defense SMDC ATEC Test & Evaluation PEOs/PMs INSCOM AFRL NRL DOE Industry Academia TRADOC LCMCs ARO is ARL’s principal conduit to engage and exploit the external research community (principally, but not exclusively, universities) SBIR Office John Smith Participating Organizations ARI ARL AMRDEC (A) AMRDEC (M) ARDEC ATEC CERDEC ECBC ERDC MRMC NSRDEC SMDC STTC TARDEC PEO AMMO PEO AVIATION PEO C3T JPEO-CBD PEO CS&CSS PEO EIS PEO GCS PEO IEW&S PEO M&S PEO SOLDIER PEO STRI STTR Office Brad Guay

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces Army STTR Topic Sources 9 Participating U.S. Army Organizations :  AMRDEC: Aviation and Missile (RDEC)  ARDEC: Armament RDEC  ARO/ARL: Army Research Office  CERDEC: Communication & Electronics RDEC  ECBC: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center  ERDC: Engineer RDEC  MRMC: Medical Research & Materiel Command  NSRDEC: Natick Soldier RDEC  TARDEC: Tank Automotive RDEC

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UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces DoD SBIR/STTR Chances of Success 15 Based on all Phase I and Phase II contracts derived from solicitations Phase III commercialization data as of April 2013 SBIR/STTR is a competitive process, but participants have reasonable success Post Phase I

DoD Phase I/II Evaluation Criteria: The soundness, technical merit, and innovation.... The qualifications of principal/key investigators et al.,...include ability to commercialize results The potential for commercial (Government or private sector) application....

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces UNCLASSIFIED ARMY Research Lab/Office

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces DoD Basic Research Extramural Funding Agencies Department of Defense Department of the Army Army Research Office (ARO) Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) Department of the Air Force Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Office of the Secretary of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces Search: Army Broad Agency Announcements ARO Technical POC: Name, , Phone Technical POC: Name, , Phone RESEARCH AREA a.MECHANICAL SCIENCES b.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES c.MATHEMATICS d.ELECTRONICS e.COMPUTING SCIENCES f.PHYSICS g.CHEMICAL SCIENCES h.LIFE SCIENCES i.MATERIALS SCIENCE j.NETWORK SCIENCE k.ARO SPECIAL PROGRAMS l.SHORT ‐ TERM INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (STIR) PROGRAM m.YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PROG (YIP) n.PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD for S&E (PECASE) o.RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (RI) Connecting w/ ARO/ARL SBIR Topic Idea: ARL/ARO BAA:

UNCLASSIFIED The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces ARL’s Science and Technology Campaign Framework Small Business Wanted!

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